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OS THE LATE DEMONSTRATIONS . -jggg g ^ » certain proof that folks are waking from * loog soporific mental nap ; -on ! lo ! in eountless thousands they an taking Ibei last farewell of the too drowsy lap Of tame forbearance . Tyranny is quaking levt truth should grow for them some dire mishap ggeh si may morally iorert their nature pKga m unfeeling to a gracioaj creatnre . « rh « sen of Birmingham came forth to show " Ho * modi they prize the patriot O'Connor , i-d » n the be » Ten-bc « u prewpU that do flow fj&a bis untiring lip . Thus truth is on her wjao of agitation—far from the claw
Of parsed judges . Manchester did honour ^ fja other towns to him—the People . * choice , ^ ad Seotland echoes to his free-born voice . ( a ^ go -w , which is in point of peace * lamb , gjit shown herself to be of mighty power , j gke the eonntless throng of Birmingham , H » re met to tell injustice that the hour Of its fool reign most shortly end in shame ; Ha deads already speak the coming . To ward a drent&ing twill be best to barter 3 * present blind misrule for freedom ' s Charter T&e middle class , who long hare stood apart , Are coming forth to lend a helping hand , Became they see that every trading mart jfsinly depend * on the iidustrions band . If Jabonr is unpaid only in part , wand
Ihe tradesman feela the lecfcrie — I loean in like prcpartion . He ' s an ass Who th '"* " * to rob none save the lower class . Ti » just as if a man would lop a tree Of all its branches , and expect the trunk Would thrive s * well without them , as * t would be gharn of iaeumbranees . O how sunk i sd bound in Ignorantia ' s fetters , be yfbo deems it -would not -wither sad be shrank J I tt&E ? think the mats would aborily too-w fti kppert axe was like an unwise law . Qg trunk and root might not find instant death , 3 st then their health would meet with a detraction j M * l , Btbey were not strong , the cypress wreath Woold shortly oTershadow them ; for action Ttenrts with respiration , as with breath no
y ^ sr lives are indivisible—know subtraction , fbe tnnk , the root , and branch are so united Uai to kiS one the others most be blighted . fg hive the roots in future make no laws { bit oar the peae * of either trunk or twigs . ¦ Qgoogh trunk and branch alone their life-blood flows , Ai true as place an 4 pension suit the Whigs ; Beat should not hurt or h&te the branch—because H ^ y are more dose allied than hats and wigs , go ekae , that rich and poor are understood Sj God himself u made of all one blood . fit best for each to have the general good jj -riew- The rich , the middle class , the poor , gwnld life in amity , and Dot imbued With bitter feuds , nor hate a menial ' s door Beeattseit screens unletter'd servitude .
The poorest man is an unvalued store . H » pople * foiee unitedly invites To ask and get the Charter of man ' s rights . 3 Se glsrious , countlesi myriads lately met Tocelebrate OConnort liberation , Showt that the sun of freedom cannot set Ere he attains his high meridian station . Be brightens fast , and will be brighter yet , And lighten up this dark , benighted nation . Then will they ask , with one unmingled voice , And h&Te the Garter of the People ' s choice . Jases Yessos Get 29 th . 1 BU-
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O'CONNOR'S * LAMENT . fTaia , viA some alterations , from an old Irish Magaziite . ) Erin , mavourneen , a cuskla maehree . ' lie of the Ocean—sweet land of the West , Oh ! could I only but gaz ? npon thee , Hope woold be brighter than aught it has blest , Ban , maTourneen , a cushla maehree . Brm , roaTocmeen , a coihla maehree ! Why are thy children so loTely and brave ? Whj must thy valour and beauty still be lie home of the traitor and haunt of the slave , Erin , maTourneen , a cushla maehree ?
Ehe , maTourneen , a eushla snachree ! Iaad of my fathers ! though life is still flaet , It smiks on the spot where it dared to be free , Tfeooga it pines for the hearts it aerez can greet , Erin , mavourneen , a cushla maehree . Erin , maTourneen , s cushla maehree . ' Fh from your tyrants , who droTe me from home , Ftf from the dear ones I never shall see , P » from your hills and your Tallies I roam , Erin , zosTourneen , a eushla maehree . J . H . Eochdale .
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* Arthur O'Connor , the bosom friend of the murdered Rtzgerald , and nude of Feargus .
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OLDHAM . —On Saturday evening last , the Enbciaj of mat unflinching patriot and champion of tk people ' s rights , the late Henry Hunt , Esq , was celebrated by a substantial sapper of good roast beef , Button , &c , at the house of Mr . T . Smith , i kilor , Fold , Greenacre ' s Moor ; the excellent i Eaaaer in which the supper was served up confared great honour on the host and hostess . The tmdi bang removed , the Chairman took his seat and nsfcraeneed a number of appropriate and patriotic tests and sentiments , which were severally re- ' tpOBdod . to and interspersed with a variety of lively ' Patriotic songs . The conviviality of the evening ins kept up to a late hour , when all parted in good "Midship , highly gratified with the evening ' s , Mroseaeat .
KSGHLEY .-Clerical Doings . — The new £ * Wr of Kf . ^ hltj , lately presented to the inha-« J » Mb by ; be Dcka of Devonshire , is at present walj engaged in lousiDg up his dormant Rock to a * a « of iheir duty . Th « late Rector , Mr . Dury , ; *¦*» > for reasons best known to himself , has lately : ttaoted vo another liring in the South , appears 10 i fiiTe left a great deal of abuses for the good man to , J ^ ofj . To open the eyes of his parishioners to a ; " « mne of a church-yard , and the funds it may ' : Profloce if properly managed , he is now letting it off-« tenements lor the dead on the following terms : — y ^ J person desirous of having his remains en closed : a a ifilied gr a ve , can be accommodated by paying : "eexpeaces of fne walling , and the extra depth of « e pave , bis own charge being only 5 s . for allowing » » be so ; laying a fl . it stone on a m-sT * lft * .. atirf .
° »» Bngu a little above tae ground £ . Formerly , ?* & a person wanted a register from the Church ° w « , the parish clerk would have furnished it for «• <« Sd ., aud sometimes for nothing . This evil is •^ rectified by a charge of 2 s . 6 d . Another depart- ' ^« of t he business which the late Rector had very , awn neglected was Easter Dues . It is true the « J assd to toll for people to come and pay ; bnt iiT j I * y ^ 1 ^ ^ fxceptiou of some' farmer ? ,: graded to its caU . To break through this gross , *»« mpuf the demands of Mother Church , he has ' w * estib uEhed a law that every person occupying ; r ™ m "Tit m the Daris > l . R > ia 11 either n »» . or h * Vfl ,
SrtTi v from ^ J force unless he ( the ; TtoTP ^ l ch ^ &es * ° forgiTe tbe party through extreme ; 5 Z ~™ y * To arr J th' 3 law into execution , he has j tTui , ? - ^ of true Church principles , who appeart ! * « JQ » the highest honour tbav could be conferred \ ^ IS- to Z ° from koose to house , not with the *^ ucungs of salvation , bnt to tell the inhabitants jr ^ wuess they pay somncil ^ head ^ j ^^ ; W •? v g called ^^^ Daes « though he cannot ! aJ-v ^ ue ^ the 7 » ay depend upon it the SSw " wiU bre * k into their boa 3 es hy ^ jacu force , and appropriate their goods to its ' ^ pnrposes . This dreadful threat has had tbe Lbi 7 > T # "ening some few , mostly old women ; £ ? «* p-ta ; bulk of the inhabitants appear wisely
taSn ^ v ¦ aUow ? J P ^ i » R him the opportunity of ? £ * & we imposition by force . Me&rs . Weather-^« « id Khodes , two Chartists , who have refused h « £ »!^ i i _ been ^ ected as the first victims , each Iu £ S t £ ; nt 15 i of k ** 1 « P « Dce 8 added to the B ^ Sa ^ ' v They are > constqaently , in daily ex-S * hiTing their houses broken into and Etfll EZr £ e : 2 sd 5 yet , with unusual obstinacy , they tirltk * ° * ' ^ d declare they would almost St S *" ^ ^^ the Rector ' s new-fashioned £ * ** TC ? the G ™^ 7 breaking into their Z £ *? 2 ° f \ ng , in their opinion , a rather unusual new iLSi " ** converts . In addition to thiB , he is « m » Vnr y aBPloJ « i in correcting another gross ? RniJrJif- P" !* 16111 * BK > ng 6 t hiB pariflhioners , their Snf ^« tb * t People or » il denominations , of h-vr C ^ Macter aad Chriwian virtueare eaualW
, «^ tW rJ * !? f " * " « » PP «» - to be that » 1 I <* w ! l ^^" * -e Established Church are » fe , fte ^? ttR " best ^^^ donbtftfl . Amongst we w $ f pro ? fe he bas »^ ead y g iven of t his b e lief , wm mention the toUowing : —About a . fonnighf J * . ne went to visit a young woman at lbe point of eevSttn * v " ¦* hU USU& 1 c ^ cm on nearly all » skm » wil ne commenced his pastoral mission by ^ oKWQit p ] ace of worship ghe had been is the W LvL * " *• She caDdidiy told him that she »^ om attenced anywhere , having been mostly * etW * / ° mt £ VlC dQVles « on Pnrpose to allow her * tt * f r ° j of the femi ] y t ° « o to church or **• ± lading , besides this neglect , that the girl
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had had an illegitimate , or wha t i s vul ga rly c a lled a " chance " child , he piously gave her to understand that be could hold out no hopes for one who had been so grossly negligent and sinfuL The poor girl , whose moral character stood very high , is since dead and buried , and the affair has been the subject of general conversation . Tbe Rector has tried hard to make the whole into a wilful fabrication , but with * out eff e c t , and he is now going through a course of three sermons on the forgiveness of sins , to prove his innocence . No . 1 has been already given , and he has certainly made the road to heaven anything but difficul t , at least for the members of the Established Cfaurth . —Correspondent .
XJBEDS 4— Thk Mjisohs' Strike . —On Friday night week , the committee met for business , when Mr . T . B . Smith , was unanimously elected chairman ; Mr . W . Butler , treasurer ; and Mr . Melson , secretary . Several additional members were addod , aad H was resolved that the secretary should correspond with the masons in London , in order to ascertain what general steps were likely t o be t aken , and what plans adopted for supporting the mes in their demands for justice . The general opinion appeared to be that the variouB trades should be invited to co-operate in this good work . A deputation was appointed to wait upon the society of machine makers , and after the transaction of some unimportant business , the committee adjourned till
Mondaj evening , at nine o ' clock . About half-past nine , on Monday ni g h t , the committee resumed its sitting , and the chairman having taken the chair , the minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed ; after which four or five new members were added to the committee . The Chairman then stated that the deputation had attended the meeting of machine makers and had sent in a letter requesting the favour of an interview . They waited nearly an hour , when feeling it his ( the chairman ' s ) duty to attend the committee , he left his collea g ue s to transact the business of the deputation . It subseq uentl y appeared that owing to a pressure of business the sooiety could not receive the deputation , bnt they kindly aad promptly appointed a delegate to attend
the meetings of the committee , and to assist in its deliberations . It is earnestly hoped that jJI the other trades will lose no time in following this laudable example . Several deputations were appointed to wait upon various trade societies . The secretary reported that he had written to London and expected an answer in a day or two . The chairman read to the meeting a report of tbe great meeting held at the Crown and Anchor , on Friday , which called for th loud expressions of applause . The conduct of T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., was loudly cheered . Eight shillings and sixpence were handed in to the t reasurer , as the contributions of a few working men , and it was resolved that the Secretary with two members of the committee should attend on
Saturday evenings to receive contributions . The chairman was requsted to report the proceedings in such papers as he might deem exped ient , which h e consented to do , and the meeting then adjourned to Friday evening .
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A Fohtcnate Reporter ! — A Yankee Editor , describing the bursting of csnnon , by which several persens were badly wounded , says— " Our reporter , who had bb hand blown off , was fortunatel y on t he spot , and has narrated to U 3 the full particulars . A Couple of Solons . —A few days ago , a couple of county constables attended before the magistrates in Kendal to have their accounts passed . The first of them had the following item : —'' To layin a county Rat -is . " Said the second constable , " I was hev larned to spell before I'd a brought my buik before
the magistrates . A county rat , indeed ; why , mar , it should hev hed an e at latter end on ' t for sartin . " The se c ond now p re se n t ed his " buik" to be p ass e d , wbeD the following extract appeared : — " To summonzing a krooners conquest I" * ' Noo , " said the first constable . " Whae s ' t better speller noo . " ' I think the grey meare i 3 * t better horse . ' " The two Solons now left the court amidst laughter , the first with high delight at his victory , and t he s econd wi t h much chagrin at his ofiiciousness . — Westmoreland Gazette . '
Fatal Coach Accident . — About five o ' clock on Monday evening last , as one of the Bury coaches , the property of the assignees of John Ramsbottom , was proceeding towards Manchester , the horses took fright a little on this side of Roden-lane , Prestwich , and became intractable . Mr . J . Williamson , of the firm of Messrs . Williamson and Denville , hat-manufacturers , Canal-street , Stockport , was sittiDg on the box with the coachman , and in assisting him to pull up the horses the reins broke , and the horses ran against the ditch-side and upset the vehicle . Mr . Williamson was thrown headlong from his seat , and received in his fall a severe concussion of the brain . The coachman and two other passengers were severely bruised , and Mr . Daniel Williams , manufacturer .
14 , Sianley-street , R e d Bank , received a severe wound on ; he forehead and nose . He and Mr . Williamson were conveyed in an omnibus to the Manchester Royal Infirmary , where they remained in a state of insensibility tUl the following day . Mr . Williams has since sufficiently recovered to be able to attend to his business , but Mr . Williamson died at ten o ' clock on Wednesday night . A post mortem examination was made on Thursday , and it was found that a comminuted fracture on the base of the skull , -with the effusion of blood on ths surface of the brain , were the cause of death . On Tuesday evening an inquest was held , on view of the body , before Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , when these facts were stated in evidence , and a very high character was given of the driver for steadiness and
sobriety , ho blame being attributable to any party , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " A few days since , as a young man ( T . Forrest , jun ., in the employ of Air . D . Nicholson , auctioneer , of Wandarrorth ) was looking over an old chest , which had been sent to the auction-room for sale , he noticed a peculiar joint in one compartment which excited his curioEity ; upon a closer search he discovered what appeared to be a block of wood , but which turned out to be several p ieces g lued , screwed , and nailed together , upon breaking open which ont tumbled 100 sovereigns , supposed to have been concealed there fifteen or twenty years . Much to the youDg man ' s credit , he gave up the money to tbe owner of the chest , who hands o mel y rewarded him for hi 3 honesty .
The following epitaph on t he la t e J a mes W o od is a parody on a translation from Juvenal . It was inserted in the Gloucester Herald very soon after its birth ( 1794 or 1795 ) , and signed " Jacobus Silvia . " It appears to have given great offence to the singular individual to whom it alluded , for in the following number of the Herald a reward of . £ 50 was offered for the discovery of the author , as it was deemed libellous : — " Beneath this stone lies Jemmy Wood , Who never thought an action good That brought no gain . Reader ! if e ' er he thought Thou even read" 8 t this stone for nought , T'would give him pain . " — Worcestershire Chronicle .
The Abms Dfstboyed in the Toweh . —The gnn-making trade is all on the qui v ve both iu London and Birmingham since the immense destruction of arms in the Tower , a nd t he Gover n men t authorities have already taken steps to repair the immense loss which has been sustained in the munitions of war by that unfortunate event . It is said , on good authority , that they have already applied to the East India Company for their stock of muskets , but this will be a poor supply , their magazine of arms not containing at present above three or four thousand stand . The number of muskets said to be destroyed , 250 , 000 , is now ascertained to be much below the real amount ; and should the chests in the vaults below be injured by
the fire , double that number of arms will be rendered useless . The latter , however , are well packed , and the locks kept constantly oiled , so that should the fire not have heated them and spoiled the temper of the lock-springs , no injury to them is anticipated from the immense flood of water in which they are immersed ; and an error has also gone abroad that a great number of the new percussion guns were destroyed , the fact being thai all guns of this description which have been lately made , have been sent off to the different depots of troops almost as soon as finished . It is expected amongst the trade that nothing but percussion gunB will now be manufactured , and that for them Government will issue an entirely new pattern .
Highway Robbery asd Murder . —The celebrated chasm in the range of the Mendip-hills , kn o wn as the Cheddar-cliffs , which are situate about four miles east of the great turnpike-road leading from Bristol to Bridge water , and about sixteen miles from the former , was on Monday week the scene of a brutal murder and robbery , committed on a farmer named Baker , who occupied Highnet farm , ne a r Cheddar . It appears that in th « afternoon of that day he left his bouse , with some corn to be ground at a nei ghbouring mill , the way to which is through the cliffs . He took a sovereign with him , fr o m whi c h the miller gave him change , on the corn bein ? ground . B e f o re dusk , Mr . Baker was discovered lying in the road in an insensible state , his body and head dreadfull y m a im e d and bruis e d , and robbed of his money . The road through the cliffs , which at some places rise to the gigantic height of 400 feet , ia
comparatively but Beldom parsed by carriages ; and this loneliness , as well as the winding nature of the road , which prevents the view of objects approaching un ti l t h e y are v e ry near , points ont this spot as too favourable for the commission of such a crime ; while it is well known that tbe road is principally used by penons having money transactions at places in the vicinity . It appears from a comparison of the period when the deceased left tbe mill , with the time when he was found ( by a man who was returning from Paulton coalpits , ) that the crime waB perpetrated in broad daylight , about three o ' clock in the afternoon ! Mr . Baker was conveyed home , and surg i cal aid procured , bnt he died after a few hours of acute suffering . The murderers are suspeeted to be two persons in the dress of navigators or railway men , for whom search is being made . —Hereford Journal ,
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Sir Charles Napier . —It is rumoured among the whiga of Marylebone , that the commodore has threatened to accept the Cbiltefn Hundreds if they continue to importune him for cash with which to assist in maintaining the supremacy of Wbiggism in the borough . The Whigs actually say " the commodore is a very ungrateful old fellow . " Adulteration of Sogab . —Dnring the latter part of tbe past week it was discovered that the adulteration of sugar , by the admixture of farina or potato s t arch , had been carried on for a considerable tim e m Penritb . The grocers ( those who have traded
honestly ) have in consequence issued a notice in which they have inserted the following easy mode of detection : —* Pat a tablespoonful of sugar into a wine glassful of cold water , stir it until the sugar is dissolved , and in a few minutes the adulterating substance , if any , in the form of a white powder , will fall to the bottom . " The farina , or potato starch , is purchased from l $ d . to 2 d . per lb ., aad about 121 b . is , or was , used to the cwt . Besides giving the sugar a better colour , i t enables the vendor to undersell his more honest competitors , and gives the fair trader no chance at competition . — Carlisle Patriot .
The Limerick Reporter announces the conversion to the Catholic faith of the Rev . Mr . Sib thorp . — What will his brother , the ultra-Tory member for Lincoln , say to this ? His very whiskers , we suspect , will bristle np , like a ca t ' s back , with horror . Glodwick . —The birth-day of the immortal Hunt was celebrated by a 6 upper here on Saturday last . The entertainment was provided in the School-room , and was suoh as reflected great credit on the provider . Forty-five sat down ; the evening was spent in great harmony .
State op Paisley . —The number of persons on tbe supply list of the relief committee is unhappily still on the increase . The number is now 1 , 170 , with 3 , 000 dependents . The number supplied with soup yeBterday , a separate class , amounts to 694 ; some of whom got two , or three , or four quarts of sou p , according to the extent of their families ; a halfpenny-sconce is given with each quart of 8 OUP - The total number of quarts issued would be about 1 , 300 . It is a most cheering feature in society to see those who are able showing themselves equally willing to extend their aid in relieving the existing distress . We trust one and all of the kind donors will experience the truth of the axiom , that it is more blessed to give than to receive . Total number requiring aid , 5 , 902 . —Paisley Advertiser .
A recent Discovery of jewels in the ExcheqnerofBoe has been the subject of much conversation daring the last week . The treasure found is said to be o f cons i derabl e v a lue , and according to all appearances it has been hid for 150 years—plainl y for more than a century . The most probable surmise is , that the jewels were pledged in the reign either of Charles II . or James II ., princes who observed no remarkable regularity in their financial operations . We think it worth the while to say to much upon the subject , because the value of the discovery has , we believe , been exaggerated , and the circumstance made the subject of idle comments . —Standard .
Chisa . —The accounts from China by the overland Indian mail teil of no more marked event than some of the preliminary proceedings of the new Plenipotentiary , Sir Henry Pottinger . If it is safe to judge from such brief experiences , a decided change had taken place in the conduct of affairs , and , therefore , in the course of events . Sir Henry Pottinger had reversed two of Csptain Elliot ' s most fatal rules of po l ic y : he h a d ann o unced t hat no consideration for mercantile interests should hinder him in the prosecu t ion o f t he '' war "—a plainspoken werd . unknown
to the Elliot diplomacy—in order to ita termination in an honourable ana lasting peace ; and he had given the Chinese to understand that the tide of his activity would wait for no mau : he would see no subordinates at Canton ; he had sent a letter to the Emperor ; and in the mean time , proceeding Northward with a hostile expedition , he had directed that an answer should meet him at some place far in his progress . It is said that the Chinese showed manifest dismay at such altered bearing on the part of the British authorities , and had much abated their assuming behaviour .
Distress . —The m&steT of tre workhouse of St . Matthew , Bethnal Green , in consequence of the overcrowded si ate of the workhouse , is endeavouring to obtain accommodation elsewhere for children and aged paupers . The workhouse has at present in it above 800 paupers , and about 1 , 200 receive out-door relief . The applicants have been gradually increasing for the last few weeks , and it is expected that they will be still more numerous . Wages now also are much lower than they have been for years past . In tbe parish of Spitalfields the workhouse is in the same crowded state as that of Bethual Green . There
is intelligence this morning from several places to a similar effect . A Worcester paper speaks of a meeting of the ratepayers of Stourbridge for the purpose of exempting from the payment of the current poor-rate those persons who , from their extreme poverty , are unable to pay . The number of applicants was very great ; numbers are already suffering privations of the most harrowing description . How the coming winter is to be got through by those who have already disposed of their pawn able articles , God only knows ! At no former period in the last twenty years has there been such an amount of poverty and wretchedness in this country .
Funeral of Wivell , th «? Fireman . —Friohtful Accident . —On Sunday afternoon many thousand persons were assembled in the neighbourhood of St . Saviour ' s Church , Southwark , to witness the funeral of Richard WivelJ , t h e fir e man , who was unfortuna t el y killed at the late conflagration in the Tower by a mass of brickwork falling upon him . The procession formed in the following manner : —Two mutes . Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the fire brigade , and four ef the foremen dressed in the brigade uniform . The coffin , on which were placed the deceased's helmet and coat . The pall , borne by six en g in e ers , follo w ed by the d ece a s ed ' s aged mother , as chief mourner , and relatives , closed by thirty-six of the brigade men in full costume , with crape round their arms , and several men belonging to the County and West of England Fire Companies . The whole line ef road through which the
procession passed was crowded . The following frightful accident occurred during the time the service was performed , to a fine young boy , 14 years of age , na m e d A mbro s e Collis , residing in Redcross-street , Borough : —The unfortunate boy had climbed up a tree in the churchyard in order to obtain a full view of the ceremony , when the branch upon which he was Bitting suddenly broke in two , and he fell upon some iron railing , whi c h s urround e d a to mb ben e a t h the tree , and the spikes entering the fleshy part of his thigh , he was literally impaled upon it , and so firmly was he fixed that it required the united force of two men to extricate him from the spikes . He was immediately conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , when it was found that the bone of his thigh was sma s hed , and the flesh so torn and lacerated that amputation was resorted to as the only chance of saving his life .
Ffrk in Manchester —On Saturday night about sir o ' clock , an extensive fire broke out in a large mill situated in Jersey-street , Manchester . The mill was a very large one , and more than three hundred and fifty hands were employed in it , ani will in consequence of the fire be entirely thrown out of employment . The building was six stories high , and filled with valuable machinery for the preparation of cotton . The whole of the mill , with the exception of the two lower rooms , was in the oc c u p a t ion o f t he owners , Me ? srs . Copley , Barrow , and Co . We regret to state that considerable delay and inconvenience occurred in procuring a sufficient supply of water , and it was not till the whole building was enveloped in flame 3 , that the engine could
be brought into full play . Such was the rapidity with which the flames raged , that all hope of saving tbe building was out of question . Mr . Rose finding this to be the case , directed his efforts to the saving of a portion of the building , which was separated from the mill by partition wall . This part of the building contained the steam engine , and a considerable quantity of machinery for the preparation of the yarn or warps , as it is called , before being sent to the power-loom . The mill is situated in the midst of a dense population , and surrounded by small cottages , with but a very narrow street between t hem , and great apprehension was felt by the
inhabitants as the lofty and massive walls of the factory came down with a tremendous crash at short intervals during the progress of tbe flames . As we stated above , the fire broke out soon after six o ' c lock , and by half-past nine the whole of tho large mill was completely gutted , and t he walls an d machin e r y mingled together in a mass of ruins almost levelled with the street . We learn that the estimated loss is abc ^ ft £ 15 , 000 , and that Messrs . Copley , Barr o w , and Co ., are insured for £ 10 , 500 . Mr . Pooley , by whom the two lower rooms were rented , is also injured , but to what extent is not ascertained . No serious accident occurred to any of the people engaged in extinguishing the flames .
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FROM THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF ABERDEEN , TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Respected Patriot , —We , the females of Aberdeen , hail with inexpressible pleasure and delight your appearance among us for the first time , in this " Northern City . " We hail you ai a patriot who has suffered and sacrificed much in the cause of freedom and the peopte— We welceme thee across the Dee , As the friend of British liberty .
Though yon have lost much worldly wealth in your struggle for justice , yet yon have gained a richer reward —a nation ' s gratitude—a people ' s fond regard . Wher is the woman among us , who loves to hear tbe names ¦ Wallace and of Muir , whose heart does not warm at t he name of O'Connor ? If ttiere be such a one , we c wt her not aa a sister , as a daughter , or as a coxnpanio Q j r our march for freedom . Though you have been per secuted and imprisoned by the enemies of freedor Q ) yei we rejoice to know that your heart is still mieb anged aad that you have again come forth from prison' lite the
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lion from his den , refreshed from his slumbers , and prepared again to begin the work of human redemption . While we are compelled to share tae misery of our fathers , our husbands , our brothers , and oar lovers , we are determined to have a Bhare in their struggles to be free h and to cheei them on in their oaward march for liberty . We now , in conclusion , be g to assur e y ou o f our hearty cooperation and support ; and should you again be induced to viat thia Northern < Jlty , none wiU receive you with more joy than the females of Aberdeen . . No skilful hand wi a ' his art Can truly paint a woman ' s heart , When lore is reigning there ; Kot man below , nor saint above , Could e ' er pourtray the ardent love We to O'Connor bear .
In thee we see a patriot brave , Whose constant aim has been to save We poor toil-worn , starving slaves , f And set the prisoner free , we welcome to our northern coast The tyrant ' s dread , the people ' s boast , The friend of liberty . Auld Scotia ' s daughters in the north Esteem thy patriotic worth Far , far above reward 5 Yet we must give the brave and good A mark of lasting gratitude , A pledge of fond regard . Then take this humble Scottish plaid On thee , the people ' s champion , laid By tbe daughters of the north ,
( Here Misses Chalmers and Barclay put the plaid on his shoulders and round him , amid the cheers of the audience . ) May the spirit of a Wallace cheer thee—May all that ' s good and true be near thee , Thou man of noble worth . On earth may Freedom ' s Angel guard thee , In Heaven may Freedom ' s God reward thee , With joy that never ends ; Then struggle on for equal laws , A mi d st a nat i on ' s warm applause , While w « remain , in Freedom ' s cause , Your Female Chartist friends .
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GREAT , GLORIOUS , AND TRIUMPHANT VICTORY OF O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW , OVER BREWSTERISM , WHIGGERY , AND HUMBUG . ( From our Glasgow Correspondent . ) Thursday night , the 4 th of November , the birthday , I believe , of the virtuous and patriotic Henry Hunt , will long be remembered by the true and gallant Chartists of the city and suburban districts of Glasgow , as a night when their united moral power crashed one of the most insidious , cowardly , and villarious conspiracies ever batched to injure the cause of liberty , and stain the fair aud honest fame of one of her noblest champions .
Tbe meeting , according to previous arrangement , and as announced by placard , took place in the large Bazaar hall , Candlerigga The doors was to have been opened at half-past ssven , and the chair taken at five minutes before eight ; and this requires me to notice , before going farther in my narrative of the proceedings of this evenful night , one of the many brass-faced falsehoods of Brewster which appeared on Saturday , in the Paisley Reformer and Glasyow Post newspaper . He says there , that O'Connor ' s committee opened the doors half an hour before the time agreed upon , in or de r th a t they might pack the house with their friends . Burns , our national poet , bays ,
" Ev ' n miiiisters , they have been kenn'd In holy rapture , A rousing whid at times to vend , And nail't wi'Scripture . " Bat this whid ( lie ) of Brewster's , out whids all the the whids ever uttered by all tbe snrpliced hypocrites in broad Scotland ; because he deliberately wrote it , and sent it for publication , well knowing it to be a lie of the first magnitude , he being . previously in possession of the real facts of the case , which are as follows .
In consequence of the extraordinary excitement which prevailed , and the great ansiety which existed in the minds of vast numbers to be present at the debate , and although it had been stated that the doors would not be opened before half-past seven o ' clock , the hall and neighbourhood was surrounded by six o'clock ; and by seven o ' clock all passage up and down the Candkriggs was completely blocked by the dense crowd then assembled ; and such was the inconvenience thus created in the public thoroughfare , that the police demanded of tbe Committee to open tbe doors , which the Committee was very unwilling to do , because they knew that the great body of the working classes who were principally interested , were shut up in their factories
and workshops , and could not get out before half-past seven , and many of them not before eight o ' clook ; ho wever , there was no alternative ; the doors were thrown open , and if any party were likely to be benefited by this result , it must have been the Brewsterists ; as a poof of this fact , two hundred O'Connellites marched into the Hall in a body , resolved , right or wrong , to vote against O'Connor . However , more of this In tbe sequel . Such was the rush to get into the Hall , and the pressure on the stair , that the iron railing gave way , carrying away part of the stone into which they were iaibeded , while a considerable portion of the crowd was precipitated over the staircase several feet into the passage below ; hence a number ef persons were severely injured , though none dangerously .
The Hall was crowded in less than fifteen minutes te suffocation , by an anxious and excited mass ; a bench had been placed in front of the hustings for the reporters , but the pressure soon compelled as to get upon the hustings . About a quarter to eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor ' s committee , consisting of Messrs . Gillesple , Colquhoun , Proudfoot , Moir , &c , made their appearance on the hustings . Mr . M'Crae , of Kilbarcban , who was recognised on tbe hustings by some of the audience was loudly called for , who stepped forward and commenced to address the meeting in order to keep the assembly in humour , and fill up the time until the arrival of the disputants .
At this moment tbe large windows ot tbe Hall were suddenly lighted up with & red glare ot fire . This extraordinary incident caused considerable surprise , when all doubts about the matter was put to rest by the sound of tbe distant fire drum rolling through tbe streetB ; the up-shot « f which was , that a large rag store in Shuttle-street , was burnt to the ground , and one man lost bis life in tbe flames and several others were severely injured . Yet , notwithstanding this fearful fire in the neighbourhood , not a soul budged from his post to witness its fearful ravagts . Mr . M'Crae bad scarcely got the length of his third sentence , when loud cheering was heard on the outside , which was soon followed by a tremendous burst of cheering from those in tbe Hall , tbe cause of which was soon discovered to be the arrival of O'Connor , who mounted the hustings amid loud , long and protracted cheering . Tbe meeting then proceeded to tbe election of Chairmnn .
Mr . Gillespie proposed Mr . Ross as Chairman for the citizens of Glasgow , which was carried amid applause . Mr . Proudfoot was then proposed aud carried as O'Connor ' s cbaiiman . As it had new passed the time of commencing tbe debate , cries of where is Brewster , proceeded from all parts of tbe Hall , while others responded , " he ' a cut , ' . " he's hen'd , " &c , &c , At last after nearly half an hour post his time , the Rev . Consistent made his appearance , along with his committee on the hustings amidst a few faint cheers from their friends . Mr . M'Farlan . e , Chartist Preacher , was then announced as Brewster ' s chairman .
Mr . Ross then stated to the meeting that according to tbe terras of agreement Mr . Brewster was to speak first for an hour , Mr . O'Connor would follow for half an hour ; Mr . Brewster would reply for a quarter , and Mr . O'Connor wind up the debate in another quarter . He therefore hoped that no interruption would be given to the Reverend Gentleman , aa he was determined t& claim time for any interruption which he might receive . Mr . Brewster thenatepped forwardto the front ol the hustings amidst a storm of cheers and hisses , aad
delivered himself of a rigmarole undefined mass of nonsense which lasted for an hour and eight minutea , the minutes being given him for several interuptions which took place . He then tat down amidst a stoim of disapprobation , accompanied by a few cheers &om his friends . His speech throughout , to say the least of it , was ungentlemanly , scurrilous , malevolent , aad illnatured ; he is , however , much indebted to the repeaters for tbe manner which they have dressed it up , aad the very tender way they have handled the merited disapprobation which he received .
Mr . O'Connor then rose and was received with tremendous cheering , wav i ng of ha t s , handkerchiefs , and clapping of hands . After the cheering had subsided , he proceeded to address the vast assemblage i » a strain ef impassioned and commanding eloquence that thrilled through every heart and called Into action Vie dormant faculties ot his BpeU-bouncl audience ; for while he was speaking » nd tearing the ill-fated parson's accusations to atoms , and casting them , with his giant powers , to tbe wlnr ' is , not a move was made , not a voice was heard , only Vuen he was interrupted by enthusiastic bursts of dbr aerlng . Mr . O'Connor concluded his masterly
speer , b by reading what Brewster called a circular letter , a c < - py of which had been handed to O'Connor in Aberdey jn . This letter bad been sent by Brewster amongst b / j teetotal friends throughout Scotland calling upon t hem to get np subscriptions to pay his expences while following O Connor . The reading of this letter called forth universal disapprobation against Brew « ter ; the statements which it contained were such glaring falsehoods , and the object for which it was wrote so miserably mean , that his own friends hung their beads like bull-rushes for very shame . Mr . O Connor resumed hia seat amidst a tremendous burst of cheering .
Mr . Bhewstee then stood forth , with a sardonic grin on his well known malignant and ill-featured countenance , that would have out-done the devil himself , and attempted a reply , bnt it was no go ; be had lost his own aelf-possesaioB , and a » y respect which
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the audience had personally felt for him ; in fact , be stood before them a convicted liar , and a mean sturdy beggar to boot ; wheahe opened his mouth he was assailed with taunts , jeers , hisses , and groans ; instead of a quarter , he continued for half an hour , bandying worda with all around him , attacking what he called the physicals In his front , flank , and rear , turning now and then to have a bark at O Connor ; in fact , I have never s een , for the last twenty yean , any individual upon the platform make such a fool of himself as Brewster ; his conduct was more like that of a mountebank , or a
cornier singer , reciting the different parts of a comic song , than that of *> gentleman belonging to his sacred order , and the professed advocate of a great principle . When he was told of the time which he had taken up , an d th at he mu s t gi ve w a y , he turned r o un d , and with the HttemgB . " of - despair , denounced O'Connor as a traitor . Hera followed a scene which baffles description ; the storm of groans and hisses was fearful , while a rash was made towards the hustings , produced by a sadden bant of Indignation at his last charge against O'Connor .
Mr . O C onnor stood forward to wind np the debate , the sound of whose voice laid the raging storm in a few seconds . His reply to Brewster ' s attack was calm , gentlemanly , and good natured . His satirical hits at BrewBtei ' i statements , ; called forth loud buista of laughter , while his account of his sufferings and exertions in the cause of the people , found a sympathetic f eel ing in ev e ry g ewrous bosom . A s Brews te r had occupied half an hour , O'Connor was allowed the same space of time , which he applied to excellent purpose , leaving the parson not a peg to hang his hat upon . When fee eat down the cheering lasted for several minutes . Mr . Moir then stepped forward , and moved the following resolution : —
Resolved , " That this public meeting of the citizens of Glasgow after having heard Mr . Brewster , deems it Its duty to state that It has heard nothing to induce it to withdraw that confidence which it bas hitherto placed in Mr . O'Connor as an able advocate of the People ' s Charter . " XbU was seconded by Mr . QlLLEPSlE . Mr . BRBWsiEa then got up for the purpose of moving an amendment , and In doing so attempted to make a speech , but they would not hear him , and he had just to give up bis intention of an hour ' * preface to his amendment , amid general cries of " move your amendment ; we want bo more of your sermons . " He then read his amendment , which was aeeomloft by a Mr . Mvbchie , a bit of a Chartist preacher , in a squeaking voice , which could scarcely be heard thirtyseven inches distant ¦ The amendment was : —
"That we wilt not cease agitating far the Charterthe whole Charter—until it has become the law of the land . ?* Mr . M'Fablane , Brewster ' s chairman , then came forward to put the amendment . He also attempted a speech , but it would not do . He continued for some time to persist , amidst great confusion , during which a tall Irishman , in front of the hustings , shook his &nt at Mr . M'Farlane , and told bim to be off with himself , for he was another gingerbread Birmingham traitor , anil only wanted to humbug them ; he at last reluctantly put the amendment , when about two or three hundred hands in the body of the hall were held up , and about fifty in the left hand gallery . In the gallery on the right , which contained from seven to eight hundred
persons , not a solitary hand was held up . This gallery has since been called O'Connor's gallery , and very likely it will retain that name until the hall itself is laid in ruins . Some of Brewater ' s friends claim at least 5 or 600 ; but what are we to think of Mr . Malcolm , the reporter of the Patriot , whom Brewster calls his friend , saying in his report that Brewster had one third of tbe meeting ; that is , according to Malcolm ' s statement ot the numbers present at tbe meeting , Brewster must have had at leat 2000 hands held up for his amendment . A greater piece of fudge was never attempted to be palmed upon a body of sensible men , with their eyes open . O ghost of Baron Munchausen , thou art at last fairly eutdone t thy extraordinary flight to tbe world ' s end , on the back of an eagle is nothing when compared
to this immense creation ef invisible hands which no body could see but himself . It is a pity that a young gentleman of talent like Mr . Malcolm should allow wounded vanity and private pique to carry him so far beyond the boundaries of honest truth , -when that deviation is calculated ta injure the cause which be professes to admire and advocate , and that too when it is calculated to keep in life and countenance an intriguing knave like Brewster , who is striking at the very root of its existence . After this miserable exhibition of hands for Brewster , Mr . Proudfoot put Mr . Moir ' s motion , when the whole meeting held up a forest of hands ; for the few who had previously voted for Brewster was not missed . For a few seconds , all was breathless
silence , each man viewing the scene to the right and left . One ef theRepealers , or O'Connellites , mentioned above , —and wb « all voted for O Connor , their hearts having warmed to their countryman , —pulled offhishat , and cried out " Come , boys ,, take off your tiles , and let us give three cheers for O'Connor and ould Ireland , " which was ne sooner said than done , and which was joined in by the whole meeting with a degree of enthusiasm I never before witnessed at any public meeting . The loud huzzas , the stamping of feet , the whirling of hats , bonnets , and sticks round their heads , continued for at least ten minutes , until a cloud of dust rose from the floor of the Hall , and hovered over their heads like a Scotch mist .
The scene from the hustings was of the most imposing and magnificent description . The dense mass of human beings before us appeared like the ocean foaming in a storm , while the galleries to tho right and left appeared like two warlike vessels riding on the waves , with their gallant crews cheering on to battle and to victory . When this scene was going on , Brewster appeared like a man suddenly bereft of reason , or one who had unexpectedly received the last sentence of the law . He stood condemned—while his spiritual adviser , Murchie , whispered in his ear comfort , I suppose , under his trying circumstances . When the cheering had subsided , Mr . Moib moved another resolution relative to the movement for the Charter , which was seconded by Mr . CULLEN .
Mr . Malcolm came forward and moved , as an amendment , part of the resolution previously brought forward by Mr . Brewster , which he did amidst great confusion and disapprobation . It was seconded by Mr . Roy , and put to the meeting , when not a hand was held up . Mr . Moir ' s resolution was next put to the meeting , and carried unanimously , which called forth another burst of cheering . Mr . M'Crae next stepped forward , and moved a vote of censure upon Mr . Bre wester , which was seconded by Mr . Proudfoot , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given t- > Mr . Ross for tbe very able and praiseworthy manner he had performed his duties as chairman , when the immense meeting dissolved at twelve o'clock .
When Mi . O'Connor came down from the hustings , one of his countrymen seized his hand in both of his , and giving two or three leaps on the floor , exclaimed , "O ! my countryman , my countryman ! " when his heart got too big for further utterence ; he turned away to hide a tear for his poor bleeding country . The Chartists returned home in small parties as they came to the meeting , in the highest Bpirita at tne glorious result . Some of the patties beguiled thbir way to the respective villages to which they belonged , by singing in chorus " Scot's wba hae wi' Wallace bled . " '' O'Connor's welcome to Scotland . " and oth # r patriotic songs . With regard to the numbers present at the meeting , various opinions , of course , exist . The Glasgow Herald ,
a Tory paper , states the numbers at bix thousand , and that it was the largest in-door meeting ever held ia Scotland ; and it appears the Post and Patriot have taken their data from the Herald . The Bazaar Hall is calculated to hold about 1 . 64 Q when seated , with passages to allow the people to go out and in . The seats on this occasion was ail removed by the Committee ; and , considering the immense pressure within , there , could not be less than seven or eight thousand peraons within the walls ; while , at least , ftorn two to three thousand were disappointed , who could not get in at all . la fact , it may be truly said tbafe it was the greatest triumph tbe Chartists- of Glasgow have yet achieved .
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opinion . Sach Insinuations may please Whigs , yet will not deter others from doing their duty . It says that on moving the next resolution Mr . Moir feund it necessaay to withdraw the latter part , wh i ch ex p re s sed a want of confid e nc e in B r ewst e r , " from good reasons . " The reason was , Mr . CuDea , who was appointed to second the resolution , having been made aware that it embraced a vote ef censure on . Brewster , hesitated to second it Mr . Moir at one © withdrew that clause , leaving it to Mr . John M'Crea , Kilbarchan . Mr . M'Crea moved , and Mr . James Proudfoot seconded , a direct Vote of censure on Brewster , and it was carried nnanimonaly . This is not reported in the Patriot , tor what reason I do nat know . The secret is now oat . Honour to the men of Sootland , the viper ia crashed . On Thursday night , a little before the hoot of meeting . Mr . Charles M'Ewen ,
by reqaest . attended a meeting of Mr . Brewster ' s fri « ada ~ Mr . M'Ewen introduced a resolution , similar to the one moved by Mr . Moir , at the meeting , viz ., pledging the meeting to use every legal , peaceful , and constitational means , to carry the Charter into a law . This was being diBCUBsed among his friends , whe n B r ew s ter came in and saw the resolution ; he declared it would not do at alL Mr . &I'E wen said he thought the resolution was everything any reasonable man contd ask : for . Brewster exclaimed , " BUT IT WILL HOT BEEAK up their Union . " Mr . ' . M'E . said" he was in the first place where he knew the Intention to be , to bre a k o p our onion . He thought the intention was to strengthen , not to break our nnion . " Brewster cried , " There is more tr a it o r s amon gs t us . " " There are spies here also . * Mr . M'E . as a matter of course , told the Reverend Gentleman , he should have no more to do with him . Who is now the traitor ?
Brewster now challenges O'Connor to meet him on the Green of Glasgow , on the grounds that Mr . O'C ' s Committee packed the meeting in the Hail—that the Hall was opened half an hour before the time agreed upon , and contrary to the public announcement . Permit mo to tell the Rev . P . Brewster , that he would do well not to place himself in the humiliating position of wilfully promulgating falsehoods to delude the public Where were the arrangements f We never heard a word from him or any one on bis behalf till Wednesday night ( at midnight ) , nineteen hours and a half before the meeting ; and even then they bad nothing to propose , saying they bad not time to consult Mr . Brewster when he called . They merely called to see what we had bean doing , so that justice might be done to Brewster ; they
were to meet us on Thursday evening : we told them we could be found in the Black Bull ; yet the first wa saw of them was in the Hall , twenty minutes past eig ht o ' clock . Where are the arrangements here broken through ? True , the doors were opened earlier than was specified in the bills . Capt . Millerof the police sent for Mr Ross , and stated that unless the doors were opened the street would be blacked up from heed to foot Mr . Ross consented to open the doors . Is this like packing the meeting ? Thousands left the hall , from their inability to bear the pressure . 1 dare tbe Rev . Gentleman to deny this . Nay , at one time he spoke to his own Chairman , saying , " There goes the morals , ( meaning those who were leaving the room almost in a fainting state ) bnt tbe physicals will stick to the last" Was this packing the meeting ?
We did him justice ; we did O'Connor no mote ; and we did the cause justice . I trust we have seen the last ol this misguided man . I hope Mr . O jConnor will not condescend to accept any more of his challenges , but treat him with silent contempt . It must be evident to any one who reads bis letter in the Renfrewshire Reformer cf to-day , that he wishes to provoke O'Connor to a hostile meeting . So much for moral hypocrisy . John Colquhovn , One of O'Connor's Committee .
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THE FtRE AT THE TOWER OF LONDON
The inquirv relative to the origin of the fire is still proceeded with , but nothing ef an official , or indeed of an authentic , character has transpired as to the evidence adduced . Parties of soldiers are busily employed at either end ef the Grand Armoury in removing the ruins of tha interior . From the western end an immense quantity of the records destroyed has been removed and thrown up ia heaps in frent of the Armoury . A considerable quantity has been brought out also from the eastern extremity . The writing of many of these records , although they are burnt to a cinder , is perfectly legible .
Tbe attendance of visitors during the week has been very numerous , and much interest was manifested throughout tbe Tower towards the afternoon of Monday last , by a report that his Royal Highness Priace George of Cambridge , and other illustrious and distinguished personages , were shortly expected to arrive . The report was apparently official , but bU Royal Highness did not visit the Tower . Tbe result ) of an inquiry before a military court into a charge made by a reporter belonging to one of the Sunday journals , against a Serjeant and sentry on guard on the night of the fire , was made known in the afternoon of Monday . He had attempted to obtain admittance , was refused , and struck on the side of the head with the butt-end of a musket by the sentry .
At two o ' clock the court of Inquiry , consisting of Colonel Knollys ( president ) , and Colonels Yorke and Dixon , assembled in the orderly-room of the regiment , situate on the Devil's Battery . Colonel Aitchison read the whole of the evidence adduced , and also the judgment of the court , which was that the sentry bad acted in compliance with the orders be received from his superior officers . In the very volnminous accounts which have appeared of the breaking ont and progress of the fire , the fact of the very narrow escape which the whole of the buildings in the Tower had from total destruction , has not been presented in anything like its alarming aad striking truthfulness . The relation of a few incidents in proof of this observation , incidents which in the excitement that has characterised the melancholy occurrence | iave been either very slightly adverted to or altogether overlooked , will , it is presumed , not be uninteresting .
It may be premised that the wind on the night of the fire blew very gently from the north-east Had it been from tbe north-west no human efforts could have saved from entire destruction the Jewel-house , as well , it is thought , of the greater portion of the jewels . Tbe fianies in the direction of the Jewel-house were , however , notwithstanding the wind was in the quarter mentioned , of the most fearful violence ; and it was only by judicious and great exertions that the houses of tbe Parade , funning south from the above precious depositary , were saved from destruction . The roof of the house at tbe north end of the Parade slightly
projects beyond tbe side wall , and underneath this the flames from -the © rand Armoury played . They made their way into the roof , and , as the accounts have already stated ., it was in contemplation to blow up the house , as well as the east wing of the Grand Armoury , with gunpowder , but , upon cutting away the root of the house in question , the firemen were enabled to direct the jet of . the floating engine upon and arrest the flames . By thia time tbe wind had shifted to the aouta , and the exertions of the 'fire brigade were of course carried on with greater effect than when it was in the former quarter .
The buildings of the Parade on the west were in equal danger of destruction , as will be perceived from the following details of what was going oo In that quarter . Whon the fire had reached the western extremity of the Grand Armouryy . much ansiety was manifested about the safety of St Peter ' s Church , where the ashes of so many of our illustrious dead repose . A party of the fire brigade , under the direation of Mr . Braidwood , made their way upo » the roof , the lead upon which was in a liquid state * and they found it necessary to lay it under Water before they could venture upo » it , and then , to hold tbe branches of the hose In an upright position , ands let the water play upon" themselves , so intense was the heat from the Grand Armoury . While upon the roof of the
church , the brigade men perceived that great danger was to be apprehended from the vicinity to the Armoury of a pattern room , a two-storied briok building running along and adjoining the north side of tbe church . € taeat difficulties arose at this point ; the tiled root was . becoming red hot , aad the tiles , split by tbe heat , were flying about in all directions , added to which almost super-human efforts were necessary to procure a supply of water sufficient to beat back tbe flimes of the Armoury , the windows of which are within a few feet of those of tbe pattern-room alluded to . The intensity of the heat from the Armoury prevented the tanks in front of it from being made use of , and the water was conveyed to the top of the Tower from the School-house-lane engine , which worked oat of tha moat , and played fat © the West of England engine , and from the latter the water was pumped station
into the engine of the Wellciose-sqoare . Having rendered the roof of the patten .-room a tenable position , by playing upon it , and also again upon themselves , the brigade men cot a hole In the roof , through which Mr . Braidwood and others descended . They found the flames coming through the windows , and bat for their timely arrival the whole of the building would in a few minutes have been in flimes . Had this building fallen a prey to the conflagration , there is much probability that a great portion of the houses on the west of the Parade would have also been burned down ; Indeed , the front windows of Mrs . Cooper ' s house , which is situated at the north-west angle , were all broken by the heat of the fire , and the whsle of tbe furniture was moved as a precautionary measure , and a portion of the roof of the pattern-room cut away by the military for the purpose of interrupting the « otttmunicatioD .
It has been barely noticed that the White Tower was in danger , but those who had opportunles of forming a correct judgment , are of opinion that it had a very narrow escape indeed from destruction . It was observed to smoke , and small portions ef the stone flaw from it with a laud cracking noise . So great , in fact , was the danger , that six engines were directed to play upon it , which the brigade continued to do until driven away by the intolerable heat of the Grand Armoury . Immediately after this the wind providentially shifted round to the south , and to this , perhaps , is to be greatly ascribed the escape of the White Tower from eattro destruction .
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In relation to this important and unprecedented meeting , we have received tbe following letter from one of the Committee of Management , repiying to some of the falsehoods circulated by Parson Brewster since the meeting , and also complaining ef the miB-state-HieaU and one-sidedness o £ the reporter of the Scottish Patriot : —
TO THE EDITOR « ff TGBE . KOJLTHEKN STAR . Glasgow , Nov . eth , 1841 . SIR , —By giving the- following a place in your truly independent journal , jaa will confer a favour on your numerous readers in this quartet , on truth , and on the cause , as well as on tbe thousands who fey their coolness and decision on Thursday nigbt last shewed their determination not to be beodwinked by any man . In the report given in the Seoitish Patriot ot to-day , of the debate between O Connor and Brewster , in reference te the first motion , which Mr . Moir had found it his duty to move—namely , a vote of confidence in O'Connor , the report Bays— ""On the show of hands bein g t aken , about one-third of the meeting voted for the principles of the Charter ; for the motion the rest of the meeting . " In the first place , this bears on the face of it a gross falsehood , and in the second place a base
insinuation . I have the opinion of many on the subject ; and , with the exception of Mr . Ross , not one have given Brewitermorethan 200 . Mr . Roes aaysthere might be 400 bands . Let it be observed that air . Proudfoot , Chairman for Mr . O'Connor , previous to the vote being taken , requested the meeting on both sides to hold op both hand ' s , and to a certainty the most part did so ; so that 200 is nearer the mark than anything else . Tbe Whig and Tory press say there were 6 , 000 present The reporter , Mr . Sawers , Bays there were 9 . C 00 . How the Patriot can turn 200 into the third of 7 , 000 , or 8 000 , is best known to themselves . Does the reporter , in saying that the one-third voted for the principles of the Charter , mean to imply that these were all the real Chartists present , or that those who voted for Mr . Moir ' s motion compromised principle in doing so ? If thesa be hifl views of the subject , I need not tell bim that tbe men of Glasgow are Of ft differen
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THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1135/page/3/
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